unfortunately for him, the moment he arrived, there was a famous actress on stage, ms. laura keen. and she noticed him sneaking by, and she stopped the play. she instructed the orchestra to play "hail to the chief." everybody in this theater, between 1,700 and 2,500 people, all stood up and gave the president a standing ovation. people were cheering. they were very, very excited and happy to see their president who had just helped them win this big victory in the civil war. then you would finally go in, sit down and enjoy the rest of the play until, of course, the tragic moment that he was shot. about two hours after he came in. all the clothing items went with lincoln to the peterson house where he was brought to live out his final hours. after lincoln was taken from the house, his body was removed back to the white house. those items stayed there, but then they were returned to mrs. lincoln. mrs. lincoln is then the one who gave that great coat to alphonso dunn, who was a favorite door keeper, a kind of usher. he's the one who kept it for many years. he kept it in his family for

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. >> please welcome a valued friend of the smithsonian ms. laura bush. >> thank you all, everybody. thank you very much. thank you very much for that introduction. good morning to everyone. good morning president and mrs. obama. thank you to all our distinguished guests and all americans who have joined us for this very important occasion. it is especially fitting that we are dedicating this land on our national mall for a museum that remembers, revered, and celebrates the great struggles an even greater contributions that african-americans have made to our nation's history. just down the road from here, but the white house and the capital were built in part by the labor of african-american slave. we don't know most of their names but they left a lasting legacy in the bricks and stones and beautiful craftsmanship that now house are democracy's most vital institutions. hear, too, in this city is where a young congressman named abraham lincoln was horrified by the sight of a slave pens standing near the grounds of the capital. a year later president lincoln would sign the transforming

department of health and human services, and ms. laurajackson, executive vice president of wal-mart blue cross blue shield, each of whom provided great insight on how steps that states can take to meet increase the health care needs of our citizens while reducing health care costs, and i guess i would challenge other states to join iowa with the goal of becoming the healthiest state in the nation. that's one of the things we have focused on. the committee also improve interim policy out hhs two, which has to do with the temperate assistance for needy families. so i would now move for the policy hhs to, the update. >> is there a second? all right, thank you. any discussion? all those in favor, please say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes habit. it's been adopted. we will now move to the chair of the natural resources committee, governor malloy. >> i will try to make this as quick as possible. we have three policy, environmental protection policy focusing on water resources, our energy policy outlined some of the activities governors have un